He also has numerous short fiction publication credits. His novelette Sharp Tang was shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Award in 1995, and To Hold Infinity and Paradox were on the BSFA shortlists for Best Novel in 1999 and 2001 respectively. The Times called John Meaney “The first important new sf writer of the 21st century.”

Meaney has a degree in physics and computer science, and holds a black belt in Shotokan Karate. He lives in Kent.